In practice, however, lesions regularly occur on broiler carcasses. Dr Wim Tondeur has developed a visual guide to identify lesions. He shares his insights into the most common issues that arise on the slaughter line and how to deal with them correctly. A total of 47 abattoirs in 12 European and African countries were evaluated over the course of 4 years.

The aim of Dr Tondeur of Tondeur Veterinary Training Consultancy and Advice, who joined forces with Zinpro Animal Nutrition Inc., was to identify and describe lesions in broiler carcasses in a visual guide.
J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. Sept, 2015 Hygiene Assessment of the Performance of Food Safety Management System Implemented by Abattoirs in Edo State, Nigeria. Global Veterinaria 14 (3): 297-303, 2015 Application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) in Egyptian Slaughter Houses to Obtain High Quality Meat. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH - 2013 - A survey on auditing, quality assurance systems and legal frameworks in five selected slaughterhouses in Bulawayo, south-western Zimbabwe. The purpose of this study was to explore the audits, quality assurance (QA) programmes and legal frameworks used in selected abattoirs in Zimbabwe and slaughterhouse workers’ perceptions on their effectiveness.

Data on slaughterhouse workers was gathered through a self-completed questionnaire and additional information was obtained from slaughterhouse and government records. External auditing was conducted mainly by the Department of Veterinary Public Health with little contribution from third parties. Internal auditing was restricted to export abattoirs. The checklist used on auditing lacked objective assessment criteria and respondents cited several faults in the current audit system.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine Available online 11 February 2015 Cost and sensitivity of on-farm versus slaughterhouse surveys for prevalence estimation and substantiating freedom from disease. Volume 120, Issue 1, 1 June 2015, Pages 51–61 2nd International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS) Edited By Ann Lindberg, John Berezowski and Michael Ward a Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerlandb Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Berne, Switzerlandc National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Swedend Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Received 30 May 2014, Revised 25 January 2015, Accepted 30 January 2015, Available online 11 February 2015 Choose an option to locate/access this article: Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Check access doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.020 Get rights and content Abstract Within the framework of Swiss surveillance for epizootic diseases, dairy cattle are sampled using bulk tank milk while non-dairy cattle are sampled on the farm.

The database contains information regarding the number and reason for daily organs/body systems condemnations in provincially inspected abattoirs in Ontario. The condemnation category of pneumonic lung was selected for these analyses, as this category represents a major health issue for beef cattle and was among the most frequently reported portion condemnations by provincial inspectors during the study period. Pneumonic lung condemnation refers to bovine lungs which were condemned for lesions indicative of a previous localized and resolved antero-ventral pneumonia infection (personal communication Abdul Rehmtulla, DVM, OMAFRA, Stone Road, Guelph, Ontario).